A Working Band's Take On The Biz

[AnneC]

Here's an article I stumbled across today, written by a working band in New York called Pete and J.

The Music Industry

Thoughts?

[thelevellers]

Very interesting... And certainly cements my 'dream' of never signing to a major label! Lol...

It almost makes me feel bad about buying CDs... And reinforces the reason I am happy to spend lots of money going to gigs... I just hope that CDs don't vanish altogether, because I love my collection, and I really dislike downloads... Meh.

[roxhythe]

Only to say I agree. This is something Madonna said, earlier this year. The way to make money in music in the future is going to be off live performance, not record sales. CDs are going to be like T-shirts and bumperstickers--"merch," that people are going to bjuy ancillary to attending a performance.

Does put the record companies in the interesting position of being the exclusive monopolistic purveyors of something completely irrelevant. I do not know to what extent they have figured this out yet.

Joe

[Jules]

Interesting stuff.